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Human Services at University of South Dakota

Human Services at University of South Dakota

If you plan to study human services, take a look at what University of South Dakota has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USD is located in Vermillion, South Dakota and approximately 9,459 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

USD Human Services Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Human Services

USD Human Services Rankings

Human Services Student Demographics at USD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at University of South Dakota.

USD Human Services Master’s Program

42% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of human services master's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in human services each year. USD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 45% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a human services master's degree from USD, 92% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Dakota with a master's in human services.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Human Services

Human Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of South Dakota. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Services 30

Careers That Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in human services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SD, the home state for University of South Dakota.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Social and Human Service Assistants 850 $25,540
Social and Community Service Managers 240 $71,630

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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